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[–] 88 points 3 months ago (6 children)

"you know you don't have to display humanity?"

"Why are you still doing it?"

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  • [–] 32 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Empathy must be performative because if we aren't all deeply hateful people underneath, that would mean they'd have to face their own insecurity

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  • [–] 33 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    This is actually why conservatives started using the term "virtue signal" to begin with. Conservatives don't possess empathy, therefore they view any display of empathy as a purely performative action where the goal is self-serving deception and manipulation.

    They were telling on themselves the entire time.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Virtue Signalling it actually a sociological term used by academics.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    That doesn't change why they adopted it.

    That's why they use it for any display of empathy from a non-conservative. Signalling virtue is just something you do to be part on the in-group, like wearing a cross or saying "I'll pray for you". You don't actually possess virtue or care about other people, because that would be socialism.

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  • [–] 47 points 3 months ago

    "Feel free to be a bigoted racist! We also unequivocally support treasonous pedophile rapists. Trump won!"
    --Rapepublicans

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  • [–] 43 points 3 months ago

    Gay and LGBTQ supporters also don't have to watch sports or buy products advertised during games, either.

    Typical that someone that doesn't have to work for their income would say such a thing.

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  • [–] 32 points 3 months ago

    Businesses never "had" to do them in the first place. Pride nights didn't start under Biden, nor are they being compelled by political forces. They're a simple ploy to engender positive feelings in a market so they can make more money. He's basically asking them to cut off a market so they can make less money. They can look to Target for how well that goes.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago*

    We never did.

    Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a June 16 letter to MLB, saying that the league “must answer for what appears to be a pattern of discrimination” against Christian players.

    So celebrating your beliefs is discrimination against other beliefs? Yeah, nah. That's not how that works. If it was you'd be "discriminating" when you put up a tree for Christmas.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Pride night is still immensely less homosexual than the Republican party... So how does he reconcile that?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago*

    Maybe it’s a sign that despite your loud bot farms on the internet, the majority of people aren’t bigots and your “silent majority” is bullshit .

    I give no credit to the corporations. They’ll just do whatever gets them money.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Says the drag queen.

    It’s a choice. You made your point. Now F off.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    He's just mad because couchfuckers aren't prominantly featured as part of pride.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    This guy and Mike Johnson are neck and neck for the Most Pathetic Sniveling Worm title.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    They do it because maga can only buy so much products. This is capitalism.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    More divisive bullshit to make us look elsewhere while the fascists dig in even further. Fuck trumps advisors and fuck trump.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Bubba would like a word

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Man who never leaves the house without makeup cries about drag queens

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